What about getting a cheap soldering gun. AFAIK, most of these are simply
transformers similar to what you suggest, except that a wire with a
slightly higher resistance is used as the tip, , connected to the secondary
(usually only one turn of metal tubing).

Good luck,

Sean

At 04:45 PM 1/25/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Sorry for this OT.
>
>I'm looking for: info, ideas, pointers, etc.
>
>I need to pass 40-60A thru a wire to insure the capacity, but where do I get
>this much current without having to use a humungous load to drop the voltage
>and control the current.
>
>I thought on using a relatively large power transformer, replacing the
>secondary winding with a few turns of really heavy gauge to get a low
>voltage (0.5-1V maybe) at a high current.
>
>What do you suggest?
>
>TIA
>
>Gabriel
>
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